Ocala mayor named in Anonymous list as possible KKK member (FL)
Mayor disputes claim, calls it attempt to discredit him
Author: Erik Sandoval
Published On: Nov 02 2015 12:04:45 PM EST
Updated On: Nov 02 2015 06:08:41 PM EST
OCALA, Fla. -
Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn is named as a possible member of the white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan in a list released online by the group Anonymous.
The list claims four other mayors, including Madeline Anne Rogero of Knoxville, Tenn., Paul D. Fraim of Norfolk, Virginia, Jim Gray of Lexington, Kentucky and Tom Henry of Fort Wayne, Ind., are also Klan members ...
"I will unequivocally tell you that it is an absolute lie," Guinn said. "I have never have been and I'm not now nor will I ever will be a member of that group" ...
His city is located in Marion County, where some residents recently lost a battle to take down the Confederate flag at the county administration building ...
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/ocala-mayor-named-in-anonymous-list-as-possible-kkk-member/36204442
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